Pathways to Potential at BCPS

Pathways to Potential is a newer program launched in the fall of 2014 at Battle Creek Public Schools that has successfully decreased truancy by 30% during the 2014-2015 school year (over the previous year). The program houses a Department of Human Services worker referred to as a “Success Coach” within the the school to assist families and students in eliminating barriers to attending school. There are currently 208 schools implementing this model across the State of Michigan, however Ann J. Kellogg Elementary School is the only school in Calhoun County offering this initiative locally to families and students.

Aimee Lemon, Interventionist at Ann J. Kellogg Elementary School, was interviewed on the Richard Piet Show on WBCK. Please click on the following link to listen to Aimee discuss the program including why it’s important and the decrease in absenteeism within the school.